Name: Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos 1969) Willems et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Xanthomonas ampelina Panagopoulos 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: am.pe.li’nus. L. masc. adj. ampelinus, of the vine

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33914; CCUG 21976; CFBP 1192; CFBP 3674; CNBP 1192; CNPB 1192; DSM 7250; ICMP 8920; LM; LMG 5856; LMG 5857; LMG 5858; LMG 5949; NCPPB 2217; PDDCC 4298

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16S rRNA gene: AJ420330 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Willems A, Gillis M, Kersters K, Van Den Broecke L, De Ley J. Transfer of Xanthomonas ampelina Panagopoulos 1969 to a new genus, Xylophilus gen. nov., as Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos 1969) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:422-430.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Xanthomonas ampelina Panagopoulos 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Xylophilus Willems et al. 1987. Publication: Willems A, Gillis M, Kersters K, Van Den Broecke L, De Ley J. Transfer of Xanthomonas ampelina Panagopoulos 1969 to a new genus, Xylophilus gen. nov., as Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos 1969) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:422-430.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP QUA". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p2".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592.

Parent taxon: Xylophilus Willems et al. 1987

Assigned by: Willems A, Gillis M, Kersters K, Van Den Broecke L, De Ley J. Transfer of Xanthomonas ampelina Panagopoulos 1969 to a new genus, Xylophilus gen. nov., as Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos 1969) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:422-430.

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Record number: 783193